Black-backed Woodpecker
Birding

What’s in a Name: Woodpeckers of North America

October 30, 2015 by Carrie 2 Comments
Well, I never did see a Black-backed Woodpecker on my trip, but they were on my mind… What could be more straightforward than the...
Williamson's Sapsucker Male
Birds

Nestling Williamson’s Sapsuckers and the Douglas Squirrel

July 1, 2015 by Larry 2 Comments
Last weekend was our Audubon chapter’s annual campout at Lassen Volcanic National Park. I guess if you clicked on any of the links in...
Nuttall's Woodpecker Juvenile
Birds

A Juvenile Nuttall’s Woodpecker Visits the Garden

June 3, 2015 by Larry 6 Comments
The Nuttall’s Woodpecker’s (Picoides nattallii) diet consists mainly of (about 80%) insects, primarily captured by probing and gleaning from tree bark. They also dine on...
Trips

Birding on Steroids or the Kerkini Lake – Greece – in 10 Pictures

April 30, 2015 by Dragan No Comments
Instead of waiting for the spring to come to me, I prefer to travel south to greet it. (One may also read this as...
From the Archives, Reviews

Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide–A Review

March 3, 2015 by Donna No Comments
Picidae, Woodpecker, is one of those charismatic bird families that everybody gets excited about. (Unless the woodpecker is drumming a hole into your garage,...
Birds

Northern Flicker Intergrade in California

December 31, 2014 by Larry 4 Comments
The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is the third largest woodpecker in North America if you count the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. It is smaller than the...
Trips

Some Cool Woodpeckers from Costa Rica

December 27, 2014 by Patrick O'Donnell 1 Comment
The Woodpeckers are one of the more popular of the avian families. What’s not to like about woodpeckers? They laugh, they bang their heads...
Birding

There it is, on a tree!

April 3, 2014 by Dragan 4 Comments
One more wakeup call way too early (quite often, when I should wake up early – I hardly sleep at all) and I am...
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